The department shall submit to the legislature an annual report regarding special education and Title I-funded prekindergarten programs, to include, as related to each type of program:
- (1) The number and location of classrooms;
- (2) Numbers of students served and aggregated by birth month as of the date on which the official enrollment count is taken;
- (3) Sources of funding for each classroom;
- (4) Quality of teacher-child interactions relating to social emotional support, classroom structure, and quality of learning experiences, as assessed using a formative assessment tool; and
- (5) Child outcomes relating to all areas of childhood development and learning, including cognitive, linguistic, social, and emotional approaches to learning and health and physical development, as assessed using a formative assessment tool.
[L 2019, c 276, §12; am L 2020, c 70, §45]